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A-VNC is a remote control software to see and control a Windows machine. It is designed to overcome firewalls and proxy limitations, and depends on a web browser as a client. This makes A-VNC the...

· Dec 7, 2007 · Hot! with 9 comments

The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team is reporting a network evasion technique that uses full-width and half-width unicode characters to allow malware to evade detection by an intrusion prevention system or firewall. The vulnerability concerns...

· May 15, 2007 with -1 comments

Just in case you missed a warning on Microsoft's Knowledge Base last week, be aware that its Internet Connection Firewall and its Basic Firewall do not block Internet Protocol Version 6 traffic. And...

Tom Warren · May 20, 2003 with -1 comments

Thanks Chris for telling me that in his latest GnomeREPORT, he's tring to fiqure out Microsoft's "unique" logic for fixing something thats broken... Then, there are gems like this one [Firewalls not blocking ANY IPv6...

Daniel Fleshbourne · May 20, 2003 with -1 comments

AN INTERESTING PIECE of news has surfaced that will have sys admins fainting in disbelief. Eight states have put forward bills that would have a devastating effect on network security and even networks themselves if...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Mar 28, 2003 with -1 comments

A new technique for defeating personal firewall software has been discovered. But at least one firewall vendor said the trick poses little risk to computer users. Symantec have said that it is...

· Apr 30, 2002 with -1 comments

3Com Corp. is making a push to extend security to server, desktop and, eventually, mobile computing devices with the announcement of the 3Com Embedded Firewall. The 3Com Embedded Firewall is a hardware-based...

Darren Bolton · Mar 1, 2002 with -1 comments